William Craft

My duties are installing, inspecting, cleaning, and repairing sewer/ storm lines and storm drains. Mostly from grease, roots, dirt and other debris. I’ve been trained to properly and effectively use PPE and be safe in work environments and job sites. I’ve also been upgraded to Sewer Equipment operator and Heavy Equipment operator.

I’ve been trained to operate the sewer equipment of America backcutter truck, Freightliner dump truck with shoring trailer, Komatsu 210 excavator, John Deere 644 loader and Vactor trucks.

I’ve been trained to assist and preform sewer utility worker and equipment operator duties for the back cutting crew. While in that crew I learned to safely make work zones by setting up traffic control signs and cone's.

I was trained to setup up back cutter rod with an auger and back cutting blades and how to safely attach, remove, install and extract rod and debris from either storm or sewer lines. I was trained to safely operate and communicate with my crew lead by radio for safe back cutting operations. I’ve been taught and trained how to provide assistance to CCTV operators. I was trained how to properly setup a CCTV work zone and to be safe, clean and efficient with various pieces of equipment. I’ve learned to be more effective when setting up CCTV cameras for operation and installation purposes for sewer and storm pipe inspections, side services and other maintenance tasks. I also learned how to use rodding and water pressure equipment for cleaning lines for maintenance and inspections or cleaning debris after an installation.

I’ve also assisted with installation, construction, and made repairs by assisting my lead or senior sewer worker by having proper tools ready for use and pipe cut to provided measurements and making connections such as 8” Y’s or saddles for mains and using various pipe connections such as Tee’s, fernco’s, couplings, street and hub 22’s, 45’s to setup and make install for customers side services. I can also properly setup shoring boxes and thin boards for shoring up trenches. I’ve worked safely and efficiently in confined spaces and within traffic zones.

I’ve helped with locating breaks in sewer and storm utility lines, I’ve also learned how to inspects sewer and storm lines for flaws such as lateral cracks, brakes, grease, gravel, roots, sink holes and other defects and Imperfections.

I’ve also helped crews with setting up a safe work zone and assisting with traffic control such as setting up traffic control signs, barricades, directing, flagging and re-routing traffic. I can also operate pneumatic, hydraulic, gas and hand powered tools, equipment related to repairs and other maintenance tasks.

I’ve also worked on sump vactor/ vacuum truck cleaning & maintaining sewer lines, traps, lift stations, and operating related equipment in preparation for maintenance and inspections.

I’ve also installed new concrete catch basin installations and repair such as setting grades and forms, smoothing out, leveling and finishing, I’ve also helped with road repairs by spreading, tamping cold patch to fill and cover up new holes from installs or repairs and from potholes.

I’ve replaced and or installed 2 inch rigid copper water line and 4, 6, 8, 16 inch ductile pipe water lines, fire services, gate valves, replaced yokes, gaskets, meters and boxes. I’ve cut and spliced three wire ami connections to existing modules for various meters. I've made emergency service repairs on galvanized pipe, poly, pvc, cooper, ductile, asbestos, cast iron and conduit. I've helped locate property side leaks, I've helped set up locates for utilities so crews are informed and aware of any existing underground utilities.

I’ve made taps and installed 6 inch fire hydrants for new developments or made repairs for existing services. I've made 3/4, 1, inch water taps with either B machine motorized tapping machine or by hand with Mueller direct tapping machine for 5/8’s, 3/4, for new or existing water services. I’ve Installed saddles, 3/4 or 1 inch corps, 90’s from the water mains ran copper to yokes and meters for new services and existing services that need repair. I've made emergency repairs for water main breaks by installing 4, 6 or 8 inch water repair clamps for cast iron pipe or Romac sleeves for ductile pipe replacement.

I’ve installed concrete vaults, spacers and lids for new developments or old existing vaults that need repair. I’ve setup traffic patterns for traffic control to ensure safe work sites. I’ve used jackhammers and walk behind concrete saws and break or remove asphalt and concrete from roadways.

I’ve setup shoring for trenching and excavations to keep material from falling into work areas. I’ve setup up barriers at a safe distance to keep other employees and myself away from tracks and passing trains. I’ve used compactors/wackers to settle gravel next to rail tracks. I’ve worked with and around vactor trucks for hydro excavation’s, excavators, backhoes, front loader’s, crane’s and dump trucks. I’ve used torque wrenches, power milwaukee impacts, grinders, sawzall, cutoff wheels, drills, and also used gas operated trash pumps, pipe, concrete and chop saws. I've familiarized myself with team and equipment safety and made sure work areas are safe.

I started out as a Laborer/ Brush crew for the sewer operations and maintenance dept. My responsibilities were cut, clean and clear up around assets and equipment I used for most jobs were weed eaters, mowers, backpack blowers, chainsaws, shovels, rakes and I also assisted with weed control and trash pickup and clearing storm drains, catch basins and retention ponds.
I was hired on full time at the E.S sewer division and assigned to the backcutter crew which was a 2 or 3 man team. One truck would send a 600 ft steel rod with an auger thru stormwater mains and at the other end of that section of pipe I would swap out the auger with back cutter blades to cut up roots or other blockages in the pipe and sometimes flushing the pipe with water from hydrant while the lead retracts the rod back to his truck.
I was also on the hole crew where I learned safely how to locate, setup shoring, how to enter and exit the trenches. I learned how to safely clean up around pipe by excavator, vactor and shovels and cut pipe and grind around edges to create smooth and clean surface and install new saddles for pipe installation with 45's or 22’s bends for replacing and repairing sewer services that were between 8 and 20 plus ft deep excavations for customers within the city of Tacoma.

I operated daily loaders, backhoes, excavators, skid steers and vacuum sweeper trucks for Manke lumber company. While operating for them I was responsible for the stormwater runoff cleanup projects that were planned.

During that time I was responsible for removing dirty filtration material from retention and detention ponds and also replacing it with new material. The equipment I would use would be John Deere 230 LC excavator or John Deere backhoe 410. I would load contaminated material into the back of a dump truck and then dump the material into a containment area. Then loading the dump truck with clean material with a John Deere 444 loader.

I was also responsible for periodically cleaning the Manke saw dust plant retention pond, I would have to drive a John Deere 444 into the pond to scoop out all sawdust runoff with the loader and carry to containment area safely.

I was responsible for cleaning up bark and other material out of mankes log and lumber yard using a loader, backhoe, or skid steer to prevent material from washing into a filtration system during a storm events.

I've install, clean and maintained storm water runoff filters, oil water separators, completed and recorded detailed daily logs for projects. I've installed bio swales that were between 700 and 900 ft long and 6 1/2 ft deep, I maintained them by adding and replacing fresh sand, gravel, media and planted plants. I maintained this asset daily by inspecting soil, plants, corrugated pipes and made sure runoff was being dispersed correctly.

I've installed and maintained large industrial concrete vaults, submersible water pumps, concrete swales and baker tanks to capture and trap contaminated storm water runoff.

I also daily drove at a high level of proficiency a sweeper truck (Tymco 600) to keep mentioned areas clean and I was responsible of regenerative sweeper truck maintenance, cleaning and replacing parts like batteries, brushes, water sprayers changing and applying new fluids. I was also responsible for removing muck and dirty storm water runoff filter media and replacing it with new fresh, clean filter sand, media, gravel by John Deere 410G backhoe John Deere 210LC and 230LC excavator, 1845 Case skid steer or John Deere 444E, 444K and 544k front bucket loader and forklifts.

I've Installed and maintained storm water filtration systems, filters, swales to prevent contaminated run off before it goes out into the Hylebos waterway/ Puget Sound. I've been at that position and performing that job for close to 5 years and majority of the time I completed those tasks by myself. I know how to locate utilities, I've located broken and replaced or repaired water and sewer lines.

I also have experience running and using acetylene torches to cut steel plates to cover up excavations and I also know how to move steel plates with equipment and proper rigging.